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[tor-bugs] #24864 [Core Tor/Tor]: directory authorities take a while to update relays' Tor versions
#24864: directory authorities take a while to update relays' Tor versions
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Reporter: cypherpunks | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Core Tor/Tor | Version:
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
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https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2018-January/012786.html
Hi,
the goal of this email is to avoid a false positive warning for relay
operators
on atlas but the root cause might be in core tor.
background:
I really liked when irl added the big red warning to atlas when a tor
relay
runs an outdated (aka not running a "recommended") tor version
because it actually triggered operators to upgrade, an important step
toward a more healthy network.
The problem is: This big red banner on atlas has false-positives which
confuses operators [0].
Originally this has been an onionoo bug which
has been fixed in v1.8.0, but it happens again and Karsten had the feeling
that tor dir auths do not update the version information of a relay after
it
upgraded (and uploaded a new descriptor). I looked into one example and
can confirm what Karsten suggested [1].
Let me show you that example of FP
1283EBDEEC2B9D745F1E7FBE83407655B984FD66.
Data has been provided by Karsten and is available here: [2].
That relay was running 0.3.0.10 and upgraded to 0.3.0.13 and uploaded his
first
descriptor with 0.3.0.13 on:
2018-01-09 10:14:00,server,,0.3.0.13
except for bastet dir auths did not care and still said this relay runs
0.3.0.10:
2018-01-09 11:00:00,consensus,,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 11:00:00,vote,bastet,0.3.0.13 <<<< note
2018-01-09 11:00:00,vote,dannenberg,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 11:00:00,vote,dizum,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 11:00:00,vote,Faravahar,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 11:00:00,vote,gabelmoo,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 11:00:00,vote,longclaw,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 11:00:00,vote,maatuska,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 11:00:00,vote,moria1,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 11:00:00,vote,tor26,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 12:00:00,consensus,,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 12:00:00,vote,bastet,0.3.0.13 <<<<<<
2018-01-09 12:00:00,vote,dannenberg,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 12:00:00,vote,dizum,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 12:00:00,vote,Faravahar,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 12:00:00,vote,gabelmoo,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 12:00:00,vote,longclaw,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 12:00:00,vote,maatuska,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 12:00:00,vote,moria1,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 12:00:00,vote,tor26,0.3.0.10
even 6 hours later this is unchanged.
Then the operator upgraded from 0.3.0.13 to 0.3.1.9
and uploaded his first descriptor:
2018-01-09 16:39:01,server,,0.3.1.9
this remained "unnoticed" by all dir auths until
longclaw voted for the new version:
2018-01-09 23:00:00,consensus,,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 23:00:00,vote,bastet,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 23:00:00,vote,dannenberg,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 23:00:00,vote,dizum,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 23:00:00,vote,Faravahar,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 23:00:00,vote,gabelmoo,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 23:00:00,vote,longclaw,0.3.1.9 <<<<<
2018-01-09 23:00:00,vote,maatuska,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 23:00:00,vote,moria1,0.3.0.10
2018-01-09 23:00:00,vote,tor26,0.3.0.10
On 2018-01-10 02:38:07 the relay uploaded a second descriptor with
v0.3.1.9 and almost all dir auths agreed immediately:
2018-01-10 02:38:07,server,,0.3.1.9
2018-01-10 03:00:00,consensus,,0.3.1.9
2018-01-10 03:00:00,vote,bastet,0.3.0.10
2018-01-10 03:00:00,vote,dannenberg,0.3.1.9
2018-01-10 03:00:00,vote,dizum,0.3.1.9
2018-01-10 03:00:00,vote,Faravahar,0.3.1.9
2018-01-10 03:00:00,vote,gabelmoo,0.3.1.9
2018-01-10 03:00:00,vote,longclaw,0.3.1.9
2018-01-10 03:00:00,vote,maatuska,0.3.1.9
2018-01-10 03:00:00,vote,moria1,0.3.1.9
2018-01-10 03:00:00,vote,tor26,0.3.1.9
So it took the operator 17 hours to convince enough
dir auths that he upgraded.
I can see multiple reasons why this can make sense (as the tor version
is actually not that relevant consensus data) but maybe it was
not clear what the side effects of not updating that field are.
While I believe there is still another onionoo issue,
this should also be improved.
Thoughts?
[0] http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/tor-bsd/2018-January/000620.html
[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22488#comment:11
[2]
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/22488/task-22488
-relay-versions.csv.gz
#24862 aims to help track and debug this.
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